Saturday, May 9, 2009

Monday, May 4, 2009

The victory was ours, and you were the first to say itNever known so many people donate time to a campaignAnd when you were elected there was a global wave of joyWho knew a world gone mad could still go saneAnd we poured into the streets, and we danced and we cheered,And the neighborhood was a neighborhood like it hadn't been in years

All eyes meaning filled with tearsyeah we prayed you were coming and then we saw you were hereYou are black, you are white, you are red, you are blueYou are green, you are orange, with a purple and yellow hueYou risen like a phoenix from each flame that they threwYou were everything, asked of you

Oh President Obama, it's an honor just to say itI used to hide my passport, now I want to display itThank you for our democracy, through you it's resurrectedThank you for our basic decency, in you is reflectedThank you America, giving more than I expected

Yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can

Yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can

And President Obama you do not have to be perfectI trust that you, are a public servantSteady as Abraham Lincoln, ready as Martin Luther King, yes the spirit that you pray...We vow to uphold you through these tricky timesKeep you safe within our hearts, and informed with our mindsAnd we will uphold each other, we won't divide and attackThere's no going back, there's no going back, there's no going back